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Interesting discovery:
Deep water 'undersea nurseries' have been discovered at the Gorda Escarpment deep sea ridge off Northern California. What makes this unusual is the concentration of the octopus Graneledone, 'the Warty Octopus', and that they share their brooding area with blob sculpin fish doing exactly the same. The ridge contains hydrothermal cold-seeps and these biological 'hotspots' are gathered around the seeps. These breeding areas are thought to be very transitory and are very hard to locate.
Scientists Discover Deep Sea Nurseries
Deep water 'undersea nurseries' have been discovered at the Gorda Escarpment deep sea ridge off Northern California. What makes this unusual is the concentration of the octopus Graneledone, 'the Warty Octopus', and that they share their brooding area with blob sculpin fish doing exactly the same. The ridge contains hydrothermal cold-seeps and these biological 'hotspots' are gathered around the seeps. These breeding areas are thought to be very transitory and are very hard to locate.
Scientists Discover Deep Sea Nurseries